Chapter - 384 Veiled Woman In the Black Marshes (8)

The fisherman turned around with eyes bulging, glaring angrily, shouted loudly, "Stinky kid, your old man has waited painstakingly for half a day, and then you little thief came and scared them away." His hands stretched out with palms open wide, moved forward two steps ready to pounce. But for an unknown reason he managed to control his temper and held his big hands; his finger joints made cracking sounds; his face was full of anger.

Guo Jing realized he had inadvertently caused trouble therefore he did not dare to talk back. "Uncle is angry, that was my fault. But what kind of strange fish are they?" he humbly asked.

That fisherman scolded him, "Are you blind? Those are not fish, those are 'jin wawa' [golden baby or baby doll]."

Guo Jing was not angry even though scolded; he smiled and asked further, "Please forgive my ignorance, but what is a 'jin wawa'?"

That fisherman flew into a rage, he shouted, "'Jin wawa' is 'jin wawa', why do you stinky little thief want to know anyway?"

Because Guo Jing earnestly wanted to ask him to show the way to see Emperor Duan, he did not dare to say anything, he simply raised his cupped fists to apologize.

Huang Rong could not hold her patience much longer, she interrupted, "'Jin wawa' is a golden colored giant salamander. We raise several pairs of them in my home. What's so strange about it?"

Listening to Huang Rong correctly explained what a 'jin wawa' really was, the fisherman was slightly confounded, he scolded, "Humph, you are blowing your horn very loud! Raising several pairs of them! Let me ask you, what's the purpose of a 'jin wawa'?"

"What's the purpose?" Huang Rong asked, "They are attractive, can make a 'ya ya ya' noise like a little baby, so we raise them to play with them."

Hearing her saying the right thing, that fisherman's face softened, he said, "Little baby girl, if you raise several pairs in your house, then you must give me a pair to compensate my loss."

"Why must I compensate you?" Huang Rong asked.

The fisherman pointed to Guo Jing and said, "I happened to catch one with my fishing pole, but he came and rudely shouted, so the other one appeared and pull apart my fishing pole. This 'jin wawa' is very smart; once it escaped danger, don't ever think of catching it for the second time. If I don't ask you to compensate me, whom should I ask?"

Huang Rong smiled, "Even if you did catch it, you only caught one. Try as you might, but how could the second one be willing to take your bait?"

The fisherman could not find any word to answer this; he scratched his head and said, "All right then, just give me one."

"If you separate a pair of 'jin wawa', within three days both of them, the male and the female, will die," Huang Rong said.

That fisherman did not have any doubt anymore; he cupped his fists and bowed respectfully to Guo Jing and Huang Rong, "All right, just consider it my fault," he said, "Would you share a pair with me?"

Huang Rong smiled. "Tell me first, what are you going to do with 'jin wawa'?" she asked.

The fisherman hesitated a little bit, then explained, "All right, I'll tell you. My martial uncle is an Indian. He had come to visit my master these past few days. On the way here he managed to catch a pair of 'jin wawa'; he was very happy. He said there was an extremely poisonous insect harming a lot of people in India. There was no way of exterminating this insect. This 'jin wawa' is actually the insect's adversary. He asked me to take care of them for a few days, and then hand them back to him by the time he is done talking to my master and is ready to go down the mountain. He is going to take them back to India and breed them. Who would have thought …"

"Who would have thought you were not careful and let the 'jin wawa's run away into this waterfall," Huang Rong cut him off.

That fisherman was startled, "Ah! How did you know?" he asked.

Huang Rong pouted her little mouth and said, "Is that so difficult to guess? This 'jin wawa' is really not easy to keep. Originally we have five pairs, later on two pairs ran away."

The fisherman's eyes gleamed, his face showed a happy expression. "Good Miss, please give me a pair. You will still have two pairs. Or else my martial uncle will be mad at me; I may not be able to take it," he begged.

Huang Rong laughed. "It's not difficult to give you a pair, but why were you so vicious to us earlier?" she asked.

That fisherman smiled awkwardly, he sheepishly said, "Ay! My bad temper; I really have to change. Good Miss, where is your mansion? Is it alright if I follow you? Is it far from here?"

Huang Rong gently let out a deep breath and said, "If you say it's near, it is not; but if you say it is far, it isn't either. Maybe about three, four thousand 'li's from here."

That fisherman was startled, his brush-wire whiskers stood up, he roared, "Little girl, you are swindling me!" His vinegar-bowl sized fist raised up, ready to smash Huang Rong's head; but realizing she was only a young and feeble girl, he was afraid he might kill her. His fist stayed midair then slowly dropped down to his side.

Guo Jing was ready, as soon as that fisherman strikes, he would block the attack immediately. Huang Rong smiled and said, "Why worry? I have already had a good idea from the start. Jing Gege, please call the white eagles."

Guo Jing was not clear of her intention, but he whistled to call the eagles anyway. That fisherman was secretly surprised; Guo Jing's whistle echoed throughout the valleys and mountains, supported by a profound internal energy. "Luckily I did not fight with him earlier," he thought, "Otherwise this little kid will beat me to death."

Not too long afterwards, the pair of eagles came flying by, following the whistle sound. Huang Rong peeled a piece of tree bark, and then carved a line of characters with a needle, 'Father, I want a pair of 'jin wawa'. Let the eagles carry them back here. Your daughter Rong pays respect.'

Guo Jing was delighted; he cut two pieces of cloth from his belt and firmly tied the bark on the male eagle's foot. "Go to the Peach Blossom Island, quickly go and quickly come back," Huang Rong told the pair of eagles.

Guo Jing was afraid the eagles did not understand, he pointed to the east and said three times, "Peach Blossom Island." The pair of eagles let out a long cry, lifted up their wings and soared away. They made a circle in the air, headed east and then disappeared behind the clouds in a short moment.

The fisherman's jaw dropped and stayed open for a while; he muttered, "Peach Blossom Island, Peach Blossom Island? What is Huang Yaoshi, Venerable Huang to you?"

"He is my father, why?" Huang Rong proudly said.

"Ah!" that fisherman exclaimed; he was at a loss of words.

Huang Rong said, "My white eagles will bring the 'jin wawa' here in a few days; it won't be too late, will it?"

"I hope not," the fisherman said. He looked up and down Jing and Rong two people to size them up with eyes full of suspicions.

Guo Jing bowed and asked, "We haven't found out Uncle's honorable name."

The fisherman did not answer, instead he asked questions, "What are you doing here? Who told you to come here?"